More Lambing!

22/04/13
Today we had three ewes lamb.
Ewe 1 had two healthy boys.
Ewe 2 had two beautiful girls.
                AND
Ewe 3 had triplets, but unfortunately one was still born
But she still has two lovely ewe lambs.
That means we now have 8 living lambs!!!!

Lambing Updates

21/04/2013
11.30am Sheep 1 has just gone into labour.
1.50pm Sheep 1's water bags have just gone.
4.10pm Two ewes lambs born assisted.
             No.1 breach (mum pulled out)
             No.2 normal (I pulled out my first assisted lamb delivery!)

A tiring day for all!

The Lamb I assisted

The lamb mum assisted-very tired!
 

Nearly Lambing

Its now only a few days till the lambs are born, so today mum and I are bringing the sheep into the barn. Unfortunately one of our Ryelands developed a foot abscess and although we treated this for three weeks, she developed  twin lamb disease last week and did not make it.  We were advised by our vet throughout and unfortunately she did not respond to treatment.  This was a major blow, as she was young and in good condition but the shock of the abscess so close to lambing was too much.  We have 21 ewes ready to lamb. We have two Ryelands lambing amongst the 21 sheep lambing and I can't wait to see what their lambs look like. Fingers crossed for not too many problems!

Some lambs from previous years!

Chicks

Funny video of my three week old chicks!

Poor Benji

Earlier this week the vet came up to see if she could find the reason for his bucking. When we trotted him in a straight line he was fine but when we lunged him on a circle both his fore legs were lame. So we nerve blocked him on one foot and suddenly that foot was clear after injecting local anaesthetic into the fetlock area. This therefore means that it's probable Benji has arthritis from when he was jumped heavily as a young horse therefore causing him pain when I ride him causing him to buck me off.

Chicks have settled in !

One week old chicks!

One week on and the chicks are looking good and very lively they have managed to get through the cold snap! Their first feathers are also coming through.

The chicks have settled in well to their home under the heat lamp in the stables. They have taken to the chick crumb well and I have introduced them to the water. Though the weather is horrifically cold outside they're still warm and hopefully I can guide them through this cold snap! They were born on the first day of spring and we have 7 chicks in total with a hatch rate of 59 % (83% for Mill fleur and 33% for cuckoo).

Chicks!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Chick 7   (Henny Penny) has hatched and everyone is moving outside today!!, Under the heat lamp.

Chick 6 is born welcome to the world (Spotty)

Chicks 6 and 7 pipping....

Chicks 3 (Blossom), Chick 4 (Chirpy) and Chick 5 (Cheeky) have all hatched, whilst I was at school today!!!!

My sister, Lettie and I just saw chick 2 hatch welcome to the word Chico !!!!

Latest News...
Chick 1 (Smartie the Chick) has hatched...
5 and 6 have started piping

3 and 4 have started piping looks like only another couple of hours till egg one hatches.......

I woke up to find that two of my chicks have started piping. I'm so excited hopefully they would have hatched by the time I get back from school updates and pictures to follow!!!!!